Getting out of the loops: Middle Way practice and obsessive states

Name: Getting out of the loops: Middle Way practice and obsessive states
Start: 2024-10-14T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-21T10:00:00+01:00
Location: Tirylan House Retreat Centre

Schedule

Mon Oct 14 2024 at 06:00 pm to Mon Oct 21 2024 at 10:00 am

UTC+01:00

Location

Tirylan House Retreat Centre | Ammanford, WA

Getting caught up in looped states – sometimes called proliferation or rumination – is a central problem for human beings. These can take the form of powerful fantasies or feelings of hatred that keep going round our minds, or of dogmatic beliefs that keep us bound to recurrent ways of thinking. Middle Way Philosophy is concerned with practically addressing this situation, drawing on understanding from Buddhist tradition, psychology, philosophy and systems theory, and using a range of practices including mindfulness, the arts and critical thinking. On this retreat, we will reflect on why and how we get into loops, review the strategies we can use to avoid them, and support each other in a range of practices that can help us. The retreat will be led by Robert M Ellis, who has practised for around 40 years and published extensively on this topic – most recently in his book The Five Principles of Middle Way Philosophy (Equinox, 2023).
For more details, please go to https://www.tirylanhouse.org/event/getting-out-of-the-loops-middle-way-practice-and-obsessive-states/